The 2015 Abel Prize winners - John F. Nash, Jr. and Louis Nirenberg share the Abel Prize - The Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters has decided to award the Abel Prize for 2015 to the American mathematicians John F. Nash, Jr. and Louis Nirenberg “for striking and seminal contributions to the theory of nonlinear partial differential equations and its applications to geometric analysis.” The President of the Academy, Kirsti Strøm Bull, announced the new laureates today 25 March. They…

Abel Prize 2015: John Nash, Louis Nirenberg and the maths of ice cream

Today King Harald of Norway will present John Nash and Louis Nirenberg with the Abel Prize, one of the top honours in mathematics. Here Norwegian mathematician and TV presenter Jo Røislien explains their groundbreaking work